Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

in the west of Shanxi province,

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, bordering

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

province across the

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to the west,

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and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east,

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to the south, and

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to the north. It has a total area of and total population of 3,398,431 inhabitants according to the

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, of whom 456,355 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of

Lishi District Lishi District () is the only district and the seat of the city of Lüliang, Shanxi province, China. The district is a major hub for the coal industry in Lüliang and an administrative center for the prefecture. Education Lüliang Higher Colle ...

History

In 2010 the city had a GDP growth rate at 21%; at the time prices for coal were high and the city had an active coal industry. There were plans to build a new business district in Lüliang, and the city's mayor had strongly pushed for the plan. In 2014 the GDP declined by 2%. By 2015 due to a slowing economy plans in that city stalled and many apartment blocks were left unoccupied. By 2015 the mayor lost his job due to corruption.Langfitt, Frank.
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faiths in China, Christian

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Zhao Weikai was arrested and charged with “illegal holding of materials promoting terrorism and extremism” by the municipal police and was forbidden from meeting with his legal council. This incident was used by various human rights groups as an example of religious persecution by the

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. The Chinese-American reproductive biologist

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was born in Lüliang in 1908.

Administration

Lüliang has direct jurisdiction over 1 district, 2 county-level cities, and 10 counties:

Climate

Lüliang has a

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...

-influenced continental climate, that, under the

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, falls on the borderline between the

semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi- ...

(Köppen ''BSk'') and

humid continental A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(''Dwa'') regimes, and features large

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. Winters are cold and very dry, while summers are hot and slightly humid. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is . Close to three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September.

Transportation

China National Highway 209 China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is 3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and en ...

* Lüliang Dawu Airport * Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway

References

External links

Official website of Lüliang government
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luliang Cities in Shanxi Prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi